Winner of the Finest Bonsai Masterpiece at the 5th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition. It's a Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga Mertensiana) that belongs to Eric Schikowski. The photo is by Joseph Noga as are all the photos in Exhibition Albums 2-6

Every two years we get a jolt of bonsai excitement when our copies of the latest U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition Album arrives. So far there have been six, and though it's a little premature to start anticipating the 7th Album, it's not premature to start anticipating the 7th Exhibition itself

It's just a little over one year away and if your calendar is anything like mine, you might need to block out the dates soon (Sept 12th & 13th 2020)
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Another Mountain Hemlock and another winner. The award is for the Finest Evergreen Bonsai and the artist is Michael Hagedorn (one of our favorites here on Bark). We've shown this tree several times over the years, but this iteration is the best yet

Today we're featuring photos from the 5th Album. We could have done any other, but because we're about to run out of the 5ht (and the 4th) and they will not be reprinted, we thought it might be a good time for a heads up. Because there are so few left, we are featuring them as part of a Special price on the set of the last 3 Albums (4, 5 & 6). The 4th or 5th are no longer available individually
 

 Winner of the Creative Award at the 5th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition. The tree is a Dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus procumbens 'Nana') and the artist is Creighton Bostrom

 This amazing root-on-rock Colorada Blue Spruce won the Nippon Bonsai Association Award. It belongs to our good friend (everyone's good friend) Suthin Sukosolvisit

Commemorative Albums 4, 5 & 6 - U.S. National Bonsai Exhibitions